Ancient

February 12, 2025

AI Deciphers 2,000-Year-Old Herculaneum Scroll

Artificial intelligence has helped scientists read words from a scroll sealed for 2,000 years. This scroll, carbonized into a lump of charcoal by volcanic heat, holds secrets from the Roman town of

Archaeology·India·News

Ratnagiri’s 12,000-Year-Old Geoglyphs Clash with Industrial Oil Refinery Ambitions of India

The Bombay High Court issued a notice to both the Center and the State on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) aimed at protecting ancient rock art petroglyphs and geoglyphs in the Konkan region. This area, historically known as Aparanta, has

March 23, 2024

Mysterious Secret Corridor in Great Pyramid of Giza Found After 4,500 Years

Science·World

A hidden chamber supposedly protecting the actual burial chamber of King Cheops has recently been discovered in the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt.

120 Million Year Old Pollinating Insect Found In Russia

Nature·Science

Ancient fossil remains of earwig-like insects, known as tillyardembiids, were discovered by paleontologists in Russia. The insects were discovered with pollen from gymnosperms. Gymnosperms

Rock-filled cave interior with measuring stick. Photo Source: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

Archaeology·News

Egypt Unveils First Pharaoh’s Tomb Since 1922: Thutmose II’s Resting Place Found

Archaeologists have found something rare in Egypt – a king’s tomb. This is the first royal tomb discovery since King Tutankhamun’s in 1922. A team of British and Egyptian researchers found King

Rahul Somvanshi

February 21, 2025

London's first Roman Basilica! Photo Source: Museum of London Archaeology (Facebook)

Archaeology·Discovery·Europe

London’s First Roman Basilica Discovered Beneath Office Building

Workers have found the remains of London’s oldest Roman public building under an office at 85 Gracechurch Street. The building, called a basilica, was like a town hall where Romans made important

Karmactive Staff

February 18, 2025

Strength of magnetic field at earth surface. Photo Source - European Space Agency

Science

Earth’s Magnetic Pole Races Toward Siberia as Ancient Tree Reveals 5% Field Strength Drop

Our planet’s magnetic north pole is moving. Since 1831, when explorers first found it in Canada’s Boothia Peninsula, it has traveled hundreds of kilometers through the Arctic Ocean and is now heading

Rahul Somvanshi

February 15, 2025

This fossil, preserved roughly 47 million years ago, has a such a strange assortment of features that scientists were unable to find a plant family, living or extinct, to which it might belong. Florida Museum photo by Jeff Gage

Archaeology·Discovery

47-Million-Year-Old ‘Alien Plant’ Fossil in Utah Defies Classification, Puzzles Scientists

Scientists have found a 47-million-year-old plant fossil in Utah that’s unlike anything seen before. The specimen doesn’t match any of the over 400 known plant families, either living or extinct. “This fossil

Govind Tekale

January 17, 2025

Gongyi Museum, Gongyi, Henan Province. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.

Archaeology·Discovery

3 Million-Year-Old Stone Tools in Kenya Suggest Early Tool Use by Paranthropus

Scientists in Kenya unearthed ancient stone tools that are helping us learn about our early human evolution. These tools date back to over 3 million years predating the existence of modern humans.

Govind Tekale

January 13, 2025

Examples of Lapworthella fasciculata shells (under scanning electron microscope) from the Mernmerna Formation, Flinders Ranges, South Australia showing holes made by a perforating predator. Scale bars represent 200 micrometers.

Paleontology

517-Million-Year-Old Fossils Reveal Earliest Predator-Prey Arms Race

A groundbreaking discovery shows how the endless battle between predators and prey began 517 million years ago. This finding helps explain why animals today, from house cats to humans, have natural defenses

Govind Tekale

January 10, 2025

Representative Image. British museum, Egypt mummies of animals

Archaeology·Europe

British Museum Reveals Secrets of Egypt’s 70 Million Animal Mummies

Modern technology is unlocking secrets from ancient Egypt that could change our understanding of early human civilization. The British Museum’s groundbreaking study of 500 animal mummies shows how religion, economics, and society

Karmactive Staff

January 3, 2025

Paleontology

Fossilized Dinosaur Dung Sheds Light on Ancient Diets

Scientists at Uppsala University have analyzed fossilized dinosaur dung (coprolites) using advanced synchrotron imaging technology, uncovering precise details about dinosaur dietary habits from 200 million years ago. The study focuses on the

Govind Tekale

December 31, 2024

Representative Image. Pyramids and Sphinx Statue in Desert. Photo Source: Diego F. Parra (Pexels)

Archaeology

Ancient Egyptian Mummy’s DNA Reveals Earliest Bubonic Plague Case Outside Eurasia

The discovery of Yersinia pestis DNA in a 3,290-year-old Egyptian mummy at Italy’s Museo Egizio has provided the first molecular evidence of bubonic plague in Ancient Egypt. This discovery represents the oldest

Govind Tekale

December 28, 2024

Representative Image. Lyuba, a baby mammoth discovered in 2007 in Siberia. It is part of a special exhibit "Mammoths and Mastadons" at the Field Museum through September. Photo Credits: Matt Howry (CC BY 2.0)

Discovery·Paleontology

50,000-Year-Old Baby Mammoth ‘Yana’ Found in Siberia’s Batagaika Crater, Exceptionally Preserved Specimen

Russian scientists have presented a 50,000-year-old baby mammoth carcass, discovered in the Batagaika Crater of Yakutia, Siberia. The specimen, nicknamed “Yana,” has been identified as one of the best-preserved mammoth carcasses in

Govind Tekale

December 25, 2024

1 2 Next